Beckley Division Wins Bus Safety Contest Banquet Held
Beckley division of Consolidated Bus Company is honored at a safety banquet after winning the April May safety contest. Drivers logged 220000 miles with four minor accidents. team No 1 captain Dale Lilly earned a bonus for three accident-free years. Speakers included State Senator Eugene L Scott and IOCC Inspector Tom Stevens.
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Consolidated Bus Company
Moose Club
J. O.tutwiler
Announc
Dale Lilly
No 1
Eugene L. Scott
E. S. Duckworth
State Police
Tom Stevens
Columbus
Ohio
Interstate Commerce Commission
J. O. Tutwiler
Nelson Pleasanton
Bluefield
E. S. Tutwiler
Feneseies
J. C. Tutwiler
Buses to Four-H Park Schedule Announced
The Quesenberry Bus Lines released the summer schedule for buses to Four-H Park. Departures from Beckley are set for 7:45 a.m., 12:00 noon, 2:30 p.m., 6:15 p.m., and 6:30 p.m. Returns run at 8:10 a.m., 1:25 p.m., 2:55 p.m., 6:40 p.m., and 7:00 p.m. Special charter buses may be arranged for groups.
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Quesenberry Bus Lines
Beckley
Lake
Library Board Names Fletcher Mann and Ken Shroyer
Mayor Burke named Fletcher Mann and Ken Shroyer to the library board with city council approval last night. At the meeting F E Gregg urged Deegan Street to be hard surfaced and was told costs must be funded by local property owners via a petition. The council also discussed acquiring a temporary fire truck and will seek used units from War Assets Administration camps.
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Fletcher Mann
Ken Shroyer
Burke
F. E. Gregg
Deegan Street
Wns
H. A. Sloan
War Assets Administration
Examinations Set For DPA Positions In West Virginia
Merit System office in Charleston announced upcoming examinations for the West Virginia Department of Public Assistance. Posts include district administrator and supervisor ranks, child welfare positions, county director, and junior roles. State residence not required but preferred. applications due by July 15 postmark.
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Department of Public Assistance
Merit System
Charleston
Atlas Building
Permanent wartime burials eyed by Raleigh group
Local committees in Raleigh and Fryette Counties organize to inform next of kin where World War II service members may be buried. Plans include return to the U S or permanent overseas cemeteries with locations announced by Col Turner R Sharp. National and overseas sites, plus four new national cemeteries in Hawaii Guam Puerto Rico and Alaska are outlined with Congress oversight needed. Potato bugs threaten Marsh Fork and Clear Fork crops prompting copper DDT treatment and farm bureau advice to protect local potato yields.
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Roy J. Smith
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Quartermaster General
American Battle Monuments Commission
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Germany
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Henri Chapelle
Belgium
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Neuville-en-Condroz
France
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Rennes
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Metz
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Ialy
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Guam
T de Marianas
San Juan
Puerto Rico
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Alaska
Armed Forces
Hawaii
U. S
Congress
Office of the Quartermaster General
Marsh Fork
Clear Fork
H. B.thomas
Farm Bureau
Galford Kincaid
Dorothy
L. B. Lynch
Monteval
M. L. Bradford
Perry Jarrell, Jr
John L. Clay
Dry Creek
Coal River
Thomas
West Virginia Cuts Veterans Employment Staff
The Veterans Employment Service will reduce staff in West Virginia with only Jesse C. Bowling and Charles L. Rolfe remaining as representatives after June 13. Four state officials including R. M. Ward in Charleston Huntington area, Joe A Feeney in Clarksburg Panhandle, Stephen J. Russell in Wheeling Northwestern area, and Bowling in Beckley will be dismissed, their employment ending June 28.
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West Virginia
Jesse C. Bowling
Beckley
Congress
Charles L. Rolfe
Charleston
R. M. Ward
Huntington
Joe A Feeney
Panhandle
Clarksburg
Stephen J. Russekl
Northwestern
Wheeling
United States
Fire damages clothes closet at Harper residence
Fire destroyed almost all contents of a clothes closet in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Worth Harper at 220 East Prince Street. The blaze started when a light bulb overheated causing clothes to ignite. the fire remained confined to the closet with only slight damage to the remainder of the house.
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Worth Harper
East
Prince Street
Bernard Martin
Hall Heads Civitan Membership Committee
Harry Hall new chairman of the Civitan Membership Committee attended the last meeting with prospective member L. K. Lobenstein of the C and P Telephone Company. The group plans to discharge 370 officials. Through the West Virginia employment service officials have created jobs for more than 800 ex-GIs since last November, Rolfe said.
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Civitan
Harry Hall
W. A. Burke
L. K. Lobenstein
C. and P. Telephone Company
West Virginia
GII
Rolfe
Family Doctor Shortage Sparks AMA Action
A speech notes only 60 per cent of physicians are family doctors and calls for a special AMA committee. The group would define family doctor standards, assess training needs, evaluate community hospital roles, and propose long term plans to fix gaps in medical care.
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Shoulders
AMA
Board of Trustees
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